Cage for antifriction-bearings.



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GAGE POB. ANTIPRIGTION BEARINGS.

(Tl/wwe fyi/oc HENRY HESS,

5f l MW an outer ring B, between which HENRY HEI-SS, OF WAVVA. PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNOR TO THE HESS-BRIGHT MANU- FACTURING COMPANY. Oil? PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA. A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

intranet.

Application tiled July 15. 1903.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CAGE FOR ANTIFICTION-PEARINGS.

Patented )lay 12, 1914.

Serial No. 507.695.

Be it known that' l.. lli-:Nar liess, citizen y of the Unite-d State?, residing atv \\rawa in the county ojl Delaware and State ot Penn- Sylvania. have invented certain new land usetul improvements in Cages for ,Xntifriction- Bearings', et' which the :t'ollowing is a specification, iv'e't'erence being had therein to 'the retaining rings arranged at the ohtsides ot the several series, and attached firmly to each other b v diagonalliY disposedcont'iecting pieces, which pass trom one ring to the other and extend between the rolling elements ot' the several series, the diagonal disposition ot' the connecting pieces being' necessitated by the relative location oi'i the rolling elements as previously described.

In the accompanying drawittg l. have illustrated my improvement as applied to a ball bearing provided with two seriesot' balls, but obviously its use is not necessarily limited thereto, as it might similarly be ernployed in connection with roller bearings, and also with anti-friction bearingsA of either type employing a greater or smaller number of series oi* rolling elements.

(nl enel-ally speaking desire it to be under- .stood that'. my invention is not limited to any particular torni of details except in so tar as such lin'titations are specified in the claims.

leitt-irring to the dra-wing; Figure 'l is a transversesection of a n'ntltiple-series ball hearing having my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic or developed view of the `balls and cage thereof.

The bearing shown by way of example in the drawing comprises an inner ring A and are located two series of balls'C and C1. These balls artI staggered or alternated` and it is also to lul noted that the balls ot one series project over and into the path of the balls of tht` other series, as clearly shown in thal drawing. lt will be similarly noted that the nutnher ot' balls in each series is so. far increased that the)V also overlap circumferentially as well as transversely, in the manner previously described. The balls are retained in their alternated or staggered rela-l tion by means of a cage which is the subject matter proper ot' mi' invention. .\s shown in Figs. t and :2. this cage comprises two outer lateral retaining; rings D, D, which rings are shaped or curved to correspond to the contour oi. the proximate balls (see Fig. 2). lhe rings l), l) are tirmly connected to each other b v the diagonally located pieces li. E. which are also curved to correspond to the contour ot' the balls. The diagonal disposition of these connecting pieces is necessitated by the staggered relation of the series` ot halls, as previously described, and

moreover permits a larger number ol" balls` to be employed, which in the form illus trated is suhstantiall)r or nearly the full complement thereof. 'l`l1e connecting pieces li. lC. which `pass'rontone ring to tlie other and between the halls of the several series, tna also he lnfovided willi cavities conforming to the contour of the proximatt` balls. as shown h v dotted lines at El. El, Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention. its ot'instrnction and inode of operation. what l claim and desire to secure by Letters atentot the United States is as follows:

l. cage for ball bearings having a phrralityv of series ot balls, the Said cage consisting of lateral retaining rings and diagonali)y located and curved connecting' pieces passing t'ront one to the other and extending between the balls, both the retaining rings and the connecting pieces being formed with cavities conforming to the contour oi the balls.

2. i hall hearinff. comprising bearing rings having parallel raceways tite-rein, balls in said raeeways, retainer rings at opposite sides of said hearing rings. and a plurality of plates bent to provide a space for each ball and connected to said retainer rings, the respective portions oi' said plates being parallel.

S. A retainer for ball bearings, comprising a pair of retaining rings, 'und plates approximately Z-shaped n c1'0ss-seetion connecting said rings and providing two sets. of

alternately arranged ball Spaces. signature in pre #L retainer fm: ba'l bearings, comprising two retane: rings, and a plurality, of l'eL `\Vtnessesi:

mme? plates eonx'ec'fed at then' ends 1n sald g L. rings, sind plates bemg offset cent1-ally and'` MARY M.

Copies of this paient mayv be obtained for five cents each, by adressn Washington, D. C.

se'ne Q' two Witnesses.

HENRY HESS.

HAHN, @ALLA g the Commissioner of latems ai 'nnged to provide two sets of alternately disposed ball spaces. l In testimony .hereof I have afxedmy 

